Delta County, U.S.A.

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Delta County, U.S.A.
GenreDrama
Written by Thomas Rickman
Directed by Glenn Jordan
Starring Peter Donat
Jeff Conaway
Robert Hays
Joanna Miles
Peter Masterson
Joe Penny
Lola Albright
Music by Jack Elliott
Allyn Ferguson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Leonard Goldberg
Producers Robert Greenwald
Frank von Zerneck
Cinematography William Cronjager
EditorsGordon Scott
Dick Wormell
Running time100 minutes
Production company Paramount Television
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMay 20, 1977 (1977-05-20)

Delta County, U.S.A. is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Peter Donat, Jeff Conaway, Robert Hays, Joanna Miles, Lola Albright, Peter Masterson, Michele Carey and Morgan Brittany. The film originally served as a pilot for a proposed prime time television soap opera that never materialized. It was broadcast as The ABC Friday Night Movie on May 20, 1977. [1]

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Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing way of life. For teenagers Terry Nicholas, his sister McCain, and Joe Ed, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks that she's attracted to, the old traditions have little meaning in their lives. Their elders, struggling to preserve values of an older day, have personal problems that are sometimes overwhelming, such as the one facing John McCain Jr. an alcoholic whose wife Kate is having a hidden and torrid romance that sets her husband off on a vengeance-seeking spree.

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References

  1. Delta County, U.S.A. at Library of Congress, retrieved May 6, 2017.